Some articles on similar:
... Its belly is adorned with a green spiral mark, similar to its pre-evolutionary forms ... On top of its head grows a long blue hair that is curled in a manner similar to the spiral ... Politoed hunts prey with its long tongue, in similar manner to an actual frog ...
... Two geometrical objects are called similar if they both have the same shape, or one has the same shape as the mirror image of the other ... If two objects are similar, each is congruent to the result of a uniform scaling of the other ... For example, all circles are similar to each other, all squares are similar to each other, and all equilateral triangles are similar to each other ...
... not exist, estimates are made by comparison to known similar toxic things, or to similar exposures in similar organisms ... a newly synthesized and previously unstudied chemical that is believed to be very similar in effect to another compound could be assigned an additional protection factor of 10 to ...
... The three sections of the small intestine look similar to each other at a microscopic level, but there are some important differences ... Contains goblet cells, Paneth cells Similar to duodenum ... Similar to duodenum ...
... This language and other Bantu languages are very similar ... Most of their phrases are similar or had been derived or acquired in the same manner ... They are markedly similar to the Bakiga of south western Uganda in culture, industry and choice of terrain ...
More definitions of "similar":
- (adj): Capable of replacing or changing places with something else.
Synonyms: exchangeable, interchangeable, standardized, standardised
- (adj): (of words) expressing closely related meanings.
- (adj): Marked by correspondence or resemblance.
Example: "Similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"
Famous quotes containing the word similar:
“To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs—a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days.”
—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)
“Take us generally as a people, we are neither lazy nor idle; and considering how little we have to excite or stimulate us, I am almost astonished that there are so many industrious and ambitious ones to be found; although I acknowledge, with extreme sorrow, that there are some who never were and never will be serviceable to society. And have you not a similar class among yourselves?”
—Maria Stewart (1803–1879)
“Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.”
—Bible: Hebrew Job, 3:3.
A similar imprecation is found in Jeremiah 20:14-15.